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Appeared in the December 4, 2025, print edition as 'Tom Steyer Aims at Affordability and Misses'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

In a first for Agatha Christie, four of the crime novelist's famous mysteries are being adapted for children – with the help of the Mr Men and Little Misses.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Here, we still have Misses Downey, Antelope Valley, Tustin — at least a dozen or so in L.A. and Orange counties.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The game was played in what is used mostly as a practice facility because Ibiza couldn’t reach an agreement with local officials to host it at the bigger Can Misses stadium.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023

These ladies were deferentially received by Miss Temple, as Mrs. and the Misses Brocklehurst, and conducted to seats of honour at the top of the room.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë